§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)I beg to ask the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the French Government have suddenly raised the duty on refined cotton oil imported into Tunis from 6fr. to 35fr. per 100 kilogrammes, and whether he will make representations to the French Government on the matter.
MR. CURZONI believe that the facts are as stated. But the duties in question are imposed on refined cotton oil, not from Great Britain alone, but from all foreign countries; and inasmuch as this country is only entitled to most-favoured-nation treatment, except in the case of cotton goods, there does not appear to be any ground for representation.